Temperatures in Rio de Janeiro reached 111 degrees Fahrenheit — about 145 degrees hotter than Bismarck, North Dakota.

Rio de Janeiro reached a record heat level of 111 F (44 C) on Monday (February 17), according to the city’s chief ...

Summer is hot in Rio, but this is hotter than normal. Mercury could top 107 degrees. And the record heat is triggering alerts and safety warnings.

Rio de Janeiro has recorded its hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 F) as ...

One victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in ...

A series of paragliding accidents and deaths in Goa and Himachal Pradesh have turned attention to unregulated adventure sport in India. Goa on Friday (January 24) suspended all paragliding activities ...

A week after two people were killed in a paragliding mishap, the Goa government Friday suspended paragliding activities across the state. An order issued by Kedar A Naik, the Director of Tourism, said ...

Rio de Janeiro is Brazil’s best-known city worldwide ... football and sand volleyball as well as paragliding or hand-gliding, which takes off from Pedra da Gavea. Then there is the famous ...

Multiple deaths have been reported due to paragliding accidents in India over the past few days. Two deaths were reported in Himachal Pradesh, a popular destination for the adventure sport ...

Bhavsar Khushi, a tourist from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, lost her life at Indrunag paragliding resort near Dharamshala on Sunday evening. She was on a tandem flight when she fell during takeoff.